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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2010
Wilson Theophilo Asfora, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Thomas Albert Roberts, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Duane Lee Middlebusher, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard Dean Phipps, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Michael Edward Villalta, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Lee James Carmack, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Wilson Theophilo Asfora, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Thomas Albert Roberts, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Duane Lee Middlebusher, San Jose, CA (US);
Richard Dean Phipps, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Michael Edward Villalta, Monte Sereno, CA (US);
Lee James Carmack, Castro Valley, CA (US);
ASFORA IP, LLC, Sioux Falls, SD (US);
Abstract
Techniques for sutureless vascular anastomosis are described, including a connector having a tip configured to be inserted into a graft vessel, a body having a tine configured to engage tissue associated with a graft vessel, and a base having a front wing, a rear wing, and a barb, each of the front wing, the rear wing, and the barb being formed integrally with the base using a memory material, wherein the front wing, the rear wing, and the barb deploy at one or more pre-determined angles when a restraining force is removed, the restraining force keeping the front wing, the rear wing, and the barb in substantially axial alignment with the body.